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Emmys: "Plagiarized Lines" and "Paying Sheldon $1M an Episode"

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Among the many jokes and quips that were made at Monday night's Emmy Awards, a few may have left some viewers scratching their heads.

The Hollywood Reporter is here to help, giving you the backstory on five inside jokes from the ceremony.

1. Game of Thrones' poor job security

During his opening monologue, host Seth Meyers congratulated Game of Thrones on its 19 Emmy nominations, including "worst job security."

"If you're an actor on Game of Thrones, I imagine you wait for next week's script the way most people wait for biopsy results," Meyers said. "I think you better sit down. Your character's been invited to a wedding."

Poor Jon Hamm. He lost the Emmy for best actor in a drama series for a seventh time Monday night, making him the most nominated actor in that category to not win an award. There were a few references in the show to Hamm's Emmy losing streak, but one of the slightly veiled ones came during the Q&A that Meyers conducted. When Margulies wondered if she could have Maggie Smith's Emmy if she wins, since the elderly British actress was predictably absent at the awards show, the Good Wife star was told that "someone already called it" as the camera zoomed in on a sheepish-looking Hamm. Luckily for Margulies, she won her own Emmy later that night.

5. Matthew McConaughey and Woody Harrelson talk "plagiarized lines"

True Detective co-stars Matthew McConaughey and Woody Harrelson engaged in some memorable banter when they presented the award for best actor in a miniseries or movie, but they finished their intro with a joke that may have been a bit too inside baseball. In response to McConaughey telling Harrelson he should be grateful for what he has, Harrelson quipped, "I'm grateful you had all the plagiarized lines."

The joke touched on allegations that surfaced online in early August that the writing and dialogue in the show matched up with Thomas Ligotti's novel The Conspiracy Against the Human Race and other works.

HBO also issued a statement: "Exploring and engaging with ideas and themes that philosophers and novelists have wrestled with over time is one of the show's many strengths — we stand by the show, its writing and Nic Pizzolatto entirely."